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By Natalie MacLellan. Resources for Career Development Practitioners Whether you are new to the field or have been around for years, a good practitioner realizes it’s not possible to know it all. What you do need to know is where to find the answers when you need them. The following report is by no means an exhaustive guide to the resources available. To be more immediately useful to the reader, it includes almost exclusively online resources. In addition, as no report could hope to list everything, I have divided research…
By Lysa Appleton. Firstly, Happy New Year! I just love new beginnings and the excitement of new possibilities that comes with a clean slate. Yet, new beginnings also guarantee change, and one of those changes is the new design and configuration of LinkedIn, with more changes to come during the 1st quarter of 2017. So, if your clients have not already done so, suggest they request a data backup of their profile from LinkedIn so that in the event of a major shift, their information does not go AWOL. They can…
By Eilidh Sligo. Just like diets and exercise regimes, a job search can become an afterthought as soon as the holidays hit. Many job seekers are guilty of thinking “I’ll start again in the new year,” not realizing that they are missing out on numerous potentially valuable opportunities: holiday parties. As Career Professionals, we regularly tell clients of the importance of networking in a job search. With statistics showing that up to 80% of jobs are not advertised, our clients need to build and develop working relationships to increase their…
By Adrienne Tom. CPC’s online CAREERPRO Conference was eye opening, engaging, and inspiring. During the week-long event, career professionals from across Canada came together to collaborate and co-create. We shared wisdom and inspiration, especially around the evolving world of work. Here are some strategies and insights from CareerPros for CareerPros to help us better support our clients with career and job search planning. Becoming Proactive Career Self-Developers JP Michel of SparkPath delivered an overview on the innovative topic of how we need to become challenge researchers to support our careers. He advises that we become…
By Cathy Milton. Many career professionals have a background in Human Resources, or they may simply know a lot about the various roles in HR via their professional networks and through helping clients land jobs. Among the positions that fall under the HR umbrella, one is unique, and that is the Human Resources Business Partner. Susannah Clements, when she held the Deputy Chief Executive role at CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development), put it best when she said, “The business partner role has become popular because you’re looking out…
By Skye Berry Burke. Precarious workers are no longer just minimum wage employees with irregular hours. They can be high-tech workers hired for freelance projects, accountants who seek contract after contract, service-sector employees who are no longer guaranteed hours, and teachers who are struggling to get a foothold in school boards. They are sometimes highly educated people who just can’t seem to find secure work. They do not have benefits, vacation pay, or the prospect of a pension. Precarious workers are becoming the norm in Canada. According to this Toronto Star…